She was born in Wilkes-Barre, May 15, 1937, a daughter of the late Sheldon and Ada (Schooley) Housenick.
She attended GAR Memorial High School.
Lillian was a founding member and past president of the O’Karma Terrace Crime Watch Tenants Association, and founding member of the John B. McGlynn Learning Center Wilkes-Barre.
She held many fund-raisers to benefit low-income families.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Emma Housenick Delaney.
She is survived by sons Walter and Joseph Housenick, of Wilkes-Barre; son John Housenick and wife Teresa, Minnesota; daughter Deborah Housenick, Wilkes-Barre; daughter Patricia Hughes and her husband, Ralph, Wilkes-Barre; grandsons Ralph and Ian Hughes, Dylan, Tyler, and Joshua Housenick; granddaughters Felecia, Shannon, Alexandria, and Ashley Housenick; great-grandson Jakob Isaac Housenick.
Lillian will be sadly missed by her friends and family.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from the Frederick and Snowdon Funeral Home, 617 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. from St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Church, South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, with Monsignor Thomas V. Banick officiating.
Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Published in Times Leader on May 10, 2006.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre, May 15, 1937, a daughter of the late Sheldon and Ada (Schooley) Housenick.
She attended GAR Memorial High School.
Lillian was a founding member and past president of the O’Karma Terrace Crime Watch Tenants Association, and founding member of the John B. McGlynn Learning Center Wilkes-Barre.
She held many fund-raisers to benefit low-income families.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Emma Housenick Delaney.
She is survived by sons Walter and Joseph Housenick, of Wilkes-Barre; son John Housenick and wife Teresa, Minnesota; daughter Deborah Housenick, Wilkes-Barre; daughter Patricia Hughes and her husband, Ralph, Wilkes-Barre; grandsons Ralph and Ian Hughes, Dylan, Tyler, and Joshua Housenick; granddaughters Felecia, Shannon, Alexandria, and Ashley Housenick; great-grandson Jakob Isaac Housenick.
Lillian will be sadly missed by her friends and family.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from the Frederick and Snowdon Funeral Home, 617 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. from St. Mary’s of the Immaculate Conception Church, South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, with Monsignor Thomas V. Banick officiating.
Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Published in Times Leader on May 10, 2006.
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